Primary Research Group has published The Survey of Academic Library Use of eBooks, ISBN 978-1-57440-308-4.

This 165-page international study looks closely at how academic libraries are using eBooks. It helps librarians to answer questions such as: how fast is eBook spending growing? Which eBook purchasing models are growing fastest? Subscription models that allow unilmited access pay per view models? Outright ownership? Other models? What percentage of eBook purchases are through consortia? What percentage direct from publishers? What percentage though aggregators?

The report also gives detailed data on spending on various major players such as OverDrive, ebrary, EBSCO, Baker & Taylor, EBL and many others. It is particularly rich on data about eBook purchases from academic presses. The study also looks at the growth of tablet computing in academic libraries, at the use of eBooks in course reserve, at purchases of eDirectories and eTextbooks, and other issues in academic library eBook purchasing and deployment.

Just a few of the study's many findings are that:

• eBooks accounted for a mean of 18.44% of titles ordered from academic presses.
• The annual change in spending on eBooks through a model that grants unlimited patron use for a specified subscription period was 27.42%.
• Libraries of colleges that charge more than $20,000 in tuition annually made 20.36% of their eBook orders directly from publishers.
• For libraries in colleges with more than 7,000 students, the mean increase in patron use of eBooks was 62.2% and the median increase of 25%.
• 33.33% of libraries surveyed said that eBooks were not used fro course reserve at all.

The study is available directly from Primary Research Group and also from major distributos of books and research reports. PDF and print versions are available for $95.00. Site licenses are also available. For a table of contents, free excerpt, list of survey participants and the questionnaire, or to place an order, visit our website at www.PrimaryResearch.com.